Freshwater Trail: Sundarbans
Arati Kumar-Rao
The Sundarbans is the largest unbroken stand of mangroves in the world. This richly biodiverse delta, home to endangered creatures and nearly a million people, protects Bangladesh against the devastation of a rising sea. Damaged by an oil spill, at risk from increasing salinity, and threatened by a coal plant at its mouth, the ‘Beautiful Forest’ is engaged in a last-ditch fight for survival